GENEVA / NEW YORK (18 July 2014) – The new United Nations sustainable development goals must not be a step backwards for indigenous peoples, a group of UN experts* on indigenous peoples has warned...

21 July 2014 The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first Special Session on Wednesday, 23 July on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem...

Human Rights Committee 18 July 2014 The Human Rights Committee today continued its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 18 July 2014 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Central African Republic, Georgia, India, Lithuania...

Excellencies, friends, colleagues, We are about to watch a film about a time when the people of the world united in favour of equality, dignity, forgiveness and joy. Thousands of kilometres away from...

بغداد/جنيف (18 يوليو/تموز 2014)- يوثق تقرير الأمم المتحدة الصادر يوم الجمعة سلسلة خطيرة من إنتهاكات حقوق اﻹنسان التي ارتكبت بواسطة الدولة اﻹسلامية في العراق و الشام ( داعش) والمجموعات المسلحة الموالية...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date : 18 July 2014 Subject: 1) Iraq and 2) Cambodia 1) Iraq A UN report released today documents a...

GENEVA / NAIROBI (17 July 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, will visit Kenya from 22 to 29 July 2014 to assess the country...

Geneva, 17 July 2014 Palais des Nations, Room XII Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, The trade in and exploitation of human beings through trafficking is one of the gravest and most comprehensive...